04 November 2015
KIC 8462852 mystery: blocked by ‘alien megastructure’ … or something more banal?
... we all know and love), exhibits highly unusual light fluctuations. These fluctuations are so bizarre that a theory of an “alien megastructure” orbiting the star has even been proposed. Of course, the likeliest explanation is more mundane. It could...
30 November 2015
“Alien Megastructure” Star's Dimming was Possibly Caused by Comets
... to a gigantic energy-collecting structure created by an alien civilization. While unlikely, this hypothesis is still been... However, the astronomers are not quite able to dismiss the alien-megastructure theory. "We didn’t look for that," Marengo said ...
April 2019
Scanning the skies for exoplanets
... stars and found over 2660 exoplanets. Its discoveries revolutionised the field of exoplanet studies as it revealed a plethora of alien worlds that were so very different from the type we were accustomed to seeing in our own solar backyard...
January 2020
Commercialising space exploration and development
... company wanting to own research hardware, market the results and set its own prices was something of an alien concept for NASA at the time. Here, in an article based on his presentation at the Asgardia Space Science & Investment...
May 2020
Mixed reality in the design of space habitats
What kind of habitat is needed in an environment that is totally alien and likely to kill you? As we take the next steps towards a permanent presence off-Earth, the task ...
July 2020
Trailblazing STEM education
... our manifest destiny. We who thought, even at a young age, that there were no mountains we could not climb, no alien planets we could not conquer, would come to consider science as a calling in our brave new world. Life choices...
